Delavan-Darien, Badger head for sectional baseball match-up

Delavan-Darien High’s baseball team is getting hot at just the right time.

The Comets pulled off an upset of top-seeded and No. 10-rated Wilmot, 6-0, in a WIAA Division 1 regional final game Friday.

Delavan-Darien (11-9) rode the pitching of senior Jeremiah Samuelson to earn a Racine Horlick sectional semifinal game berth against Lake Geneva Badger at 10 a.m. Tuesday. The Comets take a five-game winning streak into that game.

Samuelson pitched the complete-game shutout, allowing just six hits with nine strikeouts.

The Comets scored three runs the third and three in the seventh, getting key hits in each inning. Joe Kieman had a two-run single in the third. Ben Lodahl had a two-run double in the seventh.